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W. GTIRLING.` l MECHANISM FOR ATTGHING KNITTED FABRICS T0 WOVEN FABRICS, 6m.

No. 288,326. y Patented lwovfmlc),l 1883. l

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MBGHANISM PoR ATTAGHING KNITTBD PABRIGS To WOVEN PABR'ms, asm.

Patented Nov. 13, 1.883..

N, PETERS Phoxo-Lnmgmpmr. washington D. C.

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WILLIAMGIRLING, or MINNEAPOLIS TowNsII-IP, IIENNEPIN coUNfrnMINn.

MECHANISM FOR ATIACHING KNITIEDFA'BRICS To WOVEN memos, tc. j

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,326, dated November 13, 1883,

` Application fired April 11, 188:1. vo modem' To a/ZZwhom it may concern,.- i

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GIRLING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Minneapolis township, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanism for Attaching Knittedhabrics to Voven and other Fabrics,`Leath er, Felt, Ste. of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being also had to` the accompanying drawings. j

lrhis invention consists in the means for attaching knitted fabrics to woven and ,other `similar fabrics, leather, felt, dto., as herein shown and described, and specically defined by the claims. j

The purpose of this invention is toattach a knitted fabric of any kind to a woven orother similar fabric, leather, felt, or other similar material, especially for attaching the knitted ends to the legs and sleeves of under-clothing and to the tops of gloves, mittens, Snc.; and

Athe invention consists in the mech anical means,

as `herein specified, for passing the loops of the last stitches made in the knitted fabric (which has been previously made by knitting machines or by hancDthrough the goods to which the knitted end is to `be attached, and then L' interlacing said projecting loops with eachother, and then `folding one portion of the goods over the interlaced stitches and sewing or otherwise fastening to the other portion.

To insert `the loops of thestitches of the knitted fabric through the other fabric, I have invented the `mechanism illustrated by the drawings, inwhich- J Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig.` 2 isa plan view, of the` machine' by which the loops of the 'knitted end are passed through thefabric of the garments to which they areto be attached, lparts in both gures being represented as partiallybroken away. Figs. 3, 4:, A5, 6,and

7 are enlargedviews of one of the needles, illustrating the progressivesteps in the operation-of the machine. Fig. Sis an enlarged view of a portion of the knitted end and garment to which it is attached, illustrating the manner of securing theloops. Fig. 9 isa sec tional View, and Fig. 10is a rear view, of portionsof theyknittedend and garment, illustrating the manner of securing or finishing the joint. Fig.\1l is a front view of the machine.`r` Figs. 12, 13, 14, and are enlarged details i Fig. 16 isa perspectiveview of the different parts of the mechanism, showing their relative positions. A

A is a framesupporting a bed or table, A2, upon which the mechanism is mounted.

B B2 are two fiat horizontal bars secured upon the ends of the bed A2, and parallel with each other.

`The frontends of these bars B B2 have downwardly and upwardly projecting lugs a a2, as shown, the upper lugs, a', adapted to support the forward ends of two flat horizontal bars, b b2, running back parallel with the bars BB2, and connected thereto by chocks or blocks c, the bars b b2 thus forming parallel guides or slots,`in which the ends of a needle-bar, C, are adaptedto be moved back and forth. Small adjustable stops d d2 are arranged upon the blocks c, to project into the slots in which the needle-bar C` moves, so that the throw ofthe bar may be regulated.

` Attached to the top of the bars b b2, and also to the tops of the bars B B2, are perpendicu- `lar standards DD2 D3 D4 D5 D, the standards D' D2 adapted to support a rollen-E, between them, the standards D3 DL adapted to support a rod, F, between them, and the standards Da D6 adapted to support atoothed plate, G, this arrangement forming supports for the garments to which the `knitted ends are to be at` tached, as hereinafter shown.

The ends of the needle-bar C are connected by adj ustablerods e e2 to two arms, c3 et, upon a rock-shaft, H. This shaft H is pivoted in` hangers H2 H3 beneath the bed A?, and adapted to be operatedby a treadle, Ht, connected to 4it by an adjustable rod, H5, and arm H6, so

that the motion of the treadle will throw the needle-bar back and forth.

"Hl H8 are `two other arms branching from the shaft H', and connected `to avibrating le` ver or arm, H9, pivoted at its center tothe j frameA by springs H10 H, so that the treadle l Awill be held up and the needlebar forward,

` except when pushed back by the action of the treadle. 4 1

g are the needle-heads carrying the needles g2, and secured to the needle-bar C, in the ordinary manner,by bolts g3, fas shown. In the roo drawings four needles are shown in each ward, as hereinafter shown.

decreased, according to the size of the yarn or thread of the knitted ends. The needles are formed wit/h sharp points and barbs orhooks and latches g, as shown in Figs. 12, 13, and 14.

P is a fiat bar having sharp edges on both sides, and connected by arms PT" P to the standards D D2, and adapted, when thrown down in front of the needles, to catch beneath the forward point of the latches gt, as shown in Fig. 12, and'throw them all backward at once when the needles are pushed forward, and also when thrown down in the rear ofthe latches, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to close all the latches at once when the needles are drawn back- A spring, l, holds the plate P up out of the way when not in use. The plate P is not shown in Fig. 2.

Attached to the rear of the lugs a2, and running across beneath the lower line of the ncedle-bar C, is a bar, K", to which is attached a series of heads, K?, having upright pins h, corresponding in number with and adapted to pass up between the needles g2 when the needle-bar is in its forward position, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 11, and 16.

Attached across the face of the heads K2 is a plate, Kt, having outwardly and downwardly projecting points i, over which the lowe' edge of the garment is fastened, while a toothed plate, L, is attached below the bar K, to hold the lower end of the knitted end, as hereinafv ter shown.

M is another fiat bar, having pivots m on l its ends, fitting into slotted frames N N2, at-

tached to the front ends of thebars B4 B2, and adapted to support a series of heads, M2, having upright pins a, corresponding in number with the pins h in the heads KZ. The lbar M has a handle, M, by which it may be moved up and down by its pivots in in the slotted frames N Nifthe whole forming a holder to support the garment while being punctured by the needles.

In Fig. 16 portions of the different parts of c the machine are shown in perspective in their relative positions.

The operation is as follows: The bar M is dropped down into thelower ends of the frames N N2, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. v1. The bar Gis pushed back far enough to allow the front edge of the plate P to come beneath the front edges of the latches g4, as shown in Fig. 12, and then the needle-bar is brought for- `ward, which will cause the, plate P to throw all the latches over backward, as shown in Figs. 3, 6, and 14. The plateP is thenraised loweredge caught upon the pins i, projecting from the plate Kt. The garment is then passed beneath the rod F and drawn tight and stretched over the toothed plate G. The plate M is then brought up and its pivots m dropped intosunken places m2 in the frames N N. This brings the pins a up against the outer surface of the lcloth of the garment, while the fixed pins 7L support the rear surface. The two sets of pins h n are directly in line with each other, as shown in Fig. 2, so that when the needle-bar is brought forward theneedles will puncture the cloth and pass between the pins, the pins serving to support the cloth while being so punctured. The form of the latches, as shown in Fig. 15, is such'that they readily pass through the cloth with the needles. The holding-plate M, with its pins a, is then slipped down again, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. isthen taken before its sides are sewed up, and each stitch of the end where the knitting stops is looped over one of the needles g?, behind its barbed end, as shown in Fig. 3,which represents the relative positions of one of the needles and its latches, R representing the cloth of the garment, T the knitted end, and t the looped stitches. The lower end of the knitted end is then drawn down and caught over the teeth on the bar L. The plate P is then brought down, as Shown in Figs. 3 and 14, so that it will catch the latches gtandthrow, them over, as shown in Fig. 4, when the needles are drawn backward. The needles are then drawn backward, which will cause them yto draw the loops t through the cloth, as shown in Fig. 5. The garment isthen released from the bar G, rod F, and roller E, and dropped down below the needles and pushed backward VOne of the knitted ends Y toward the needle-bar, which will cause the looped stitches t on the needles to throw the latches backward and pass beyond them, as shown in Fig. 6. The garment and its attached knitted end are then drawn off from the IIO needles,the loops t passing beneath thelatches f ment and knitted end properly secured in the g' ordinary manner. rlhis mechanism -is adapted to attaching a knitted fabric to any quality of woven goods, cotton, flannel, silk, or to leather gloves or mittens. The finer the material of which the knitted ends are made the finer and closer together the needles g2 will be arranged.

`Having described my invention, what`I `claim isf 1. The combination of a series of latchl 2o herein specified.

v needles adapted to be passed simultaneously through a fabric or material, means for moving the said needles forward andi` back, a series of stationary pins'7 and a series of movaJj 5 l ble pins, between which pins the needles pass,

and between which two series of pins the fabric or material is held, whereby the loops of 1 a knitted fabric are drawn `through the said fabric 'or material, substantially as described. Io 2. The combination of a series of latchneedles adapted to be passed simultaneously through a fabric or material, means for moving the said needles forward and back, a Series of stationary pins, and a series of. `mova- 15; ble pins, between which pins theneedles pass,

" and between whichtwo series of pins the fabric or material is held, and means for simultaneously opening and closing the needlelatches, substantially as and for the purpose 3. The combination of a series of needles having sharp points, `barbs or hooks in the rear of said `sharp points, ,and latches piv- 258,326 "i f S oted to said needles and adapted to cover said l barbs or hooks, means for moving said se- 2,5 ries of needles in an line parallel with their lengths, a series of stationary'pins between which said. needles pass in their said movement, a series of movable pins adapted to be set `between said needles-and opposite to said fixed pins, means for holding a woven or other fabric in position with relation to saidneedles and pins, said needles being adapted to receive a knitted fabric over said barbs or hooks thereon, yand means for supporting the 35 l free end of said knittedfabric with relation` to said needlesand pins, substantially as and for the purpose specified. f

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my handin presence of two subscribing wit- 4o nesses.

WILLIAM GIRLING.

Vit-nesses:

CAN. WOODWARD, LoUIs FEEsER, Sr. 

